Library Databases

Encyclopedia Britannica  - Articles feature expanded research options with “The Best Web Sites”

 

Grolier – Check “Web Links” from articles within the encyclopedias

 

Oxford Premium Reference contains links aligned to each of its reference works in the database.

 

Books and Reading

Newbery Award Books 

  http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm

 

Notable Children’s Books, etc.

  http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/notablecbooklist/currentnotable.htm

 

Book for the Teen Age

 http://teenlink.nypl.org/bta1.cfm

 

Linda’s Links to Literture

  http://www.lindaslinkstoliterature.com/lll/

 

Award Winners listed by the New York Public Library

  http://kids.nypl.org/reading/awards.cfm

 

United States Board on Books for Young People

   http://www.usbby.org/

 

American Library Association

  www.ala.org

 

National Children’s Book and Literary Alliance

  http://www.thencbla.org/

 

Overbooked: A Resource for Readers 

  www.overbooked.org

 

Children’s Book Council

   http://www.cbcbooks.org/

 

Poetry  Academy of American Poets  

   www.poets.org

 

Springfield City Library Booklists for Teens

   http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/reading/booklist.html#teens

 

Boston Public Library Teen Reading

   http://www.bpl.org/teens/booklists/index.htm

 

 

Bibliographic Citations

 

Landmarks Citation Machine

  http://citationmachine.net/

 

Plagiarism Awareness and Prevention

 

            Umass Boston with links to student tutorials

    http://www.lib.umb.edu/ 

  

            Philips Academy

   http://www.andover.edu/library/AcadInteg/Plagiarism1.htm

 

 

 

Libraries

Berkshire Athenaeum

  http://www.berkshire.net/PittsfieldLibrary/

 

Berkshire Community College Jonathan Edwards Library

 http://www.cc.berkshire.org/library/index.html

 

Springfield Public Library

  http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/

 

The Smithsonian

  http://www.si.edu/

 

 

Berkshire Culture     

 

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Museum

   http://www.clarkart.edu/

 

MassMoCa

   http://www.massmoca.org/

 

Norman Rockwell

   http://www.nrm.org/

 

Shakespeare and Company

   http://www.shakespeare.org/

 

Williams College Museum of Art

   http://www.wcma.org/

 

Edith Wharton Restoration The Mount

   http://www.edithwharton.org/

 

Ventfort Hall Museum of the Gilded Age

   http://www.gildedage.org/

 

History

 

Ancient Egypt (6^th grade)

   http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/home.html

 

History of Europe, Asia, and Africa before 1500

   www.historyforkids.org

 

Art

 

Boston Museum of Fine Arts

   http://www.mfa.org/home.htm

Metropolitan Museum of Art

   www.metmuseum.org

Museum of Modern Art         

   http://www.moma.org/

Web Museum                         

    http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/

 

 

Information

 

InfoPlease

   www.infoplease.com

 

Reference Desk

   www.refdesk.com

 

Internet Public Library

   http://www.ipl.org/

 

Evaluating Internet Information sources and Research help

 

Library Smart Resources Washington State Library

http://www.librarysmart.com/working/LSPublic/01_evaluate.asp

 

Internet Public Library for Teens

http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/teen/